Academic interests
Cognitive ethnography and anthropology, embodied imagination, distributed cognition and language, reading, healthcare, psychotherapy, dance, cognitive event analysis.
Courses taught
- Communication and philosophy of science: https://odin.sdu.dk/sitecore/index.php?a=fagbesk&id=81444&listid=3258&lang=da
- Interpersonal communication: https://odin.sdu.dk/sitecore/index.php?a=fagbesk&id=86278&lang=da
- Ethics in medicine: https://docplayer.dk/105221097-Ansvarlig-for-det-enkelte-spor-biomedicinspor-martin-larsen-akademikerspor-jonas-mengel-from-professionsspor-soeren-cold-og-sarah-bro-trasmundi.html
Background
Degrees
Oct. 22, 2015 PhD. Title: The Cognitive Ecology of Human Errors in Emergency Medicine: An Interactivity-based Approach, SDU. Supervisor: Prof. Sune Vork Steffensen. The PhD committee consisted of Prof. Per Linell, Prof. Stephen Cowley, Prof. Charles Goodwin
8 weeks parental leave inclusive: 2 days per week from 14.11.16 – 02.04.17
Oct. 2008 MA in International Business Communication, SDU (Thesis grade: 12)
Aug. 2006 BA in Media Science, SDU
Stays Abroad - Visiting scholar at the following universities and institutes
2013-2015 Goldsmiths University London, hosted by Prof. Mark Bishop
During my stay at Goldsmith, University of London I was encouraged to build up interdisciplinary, international networks, which are still viable today
2012 (autumn) University of California San Diego, hosted by Prof. David Kirsh
At UCSD became skilled in managing lab activities, thus the ambition to launch the ACE LAB has been on its way since I worked with Prof David Kirsh in his lab at UCSD
2012 (autumn) University of California, Berkeley, hosted by Prof. Claire Kramsch
I got introduced to a radical approach to the study of language and interaction, which has framed my research interest within distributed language and communication
2012 (autumn) Stanford University, hosted by Prof. Michael L. Anderson
I got introduced to the neuropsychological approaches and today Prof. Anderson is a close collaborator in the reading studies I conduct together with my team
2012 (spring) Gothenburg University, hosted by Prof. Per Linell
During my stay at Gothenburg University I was trained in leading data sessions and Icollaborated with Prof Per Linell on projects and publications
Awards
Awards, Research Grants and Involvement in Research Projects
2022 PI on the project: “The Imaginative Power of Reading”. Granted by the Independent Research Council Denmark (app. € 175.000)
2020 Internal HUM-SEED funding to qualify a research project: 55.900 (app. € 7455)
2019 Part of the exploratory workshop series: The Nordic network of embodied learning (EmLearning). Granted by NOS-HS. App € 43.000 (PI: Ass. Prof, Theresa Schilhab, Aarhus University).
2019 PI on the project: “How do university college students read? A cognitive ethnography study”. Granted by the Independent Research Council Denmark (app. € 400.000)
2019 Project partner in the successful project "Building Blocks". Granted by the Academy of Finland. App. € 480.000. (PI: Prof, Minna Suni; Jyväskyla University)
2018 Internal funding to establish the ACE LAB of app. DKR 800.000 (app. € 107.000)
2016 Co-applicant to the successful grant proposal, a VELUX project: “The Ecology of Psychotherapy: Integrating Cognition, Language, and Emotion”, PIs: Prof. Sune Vork Steffensen, SDU and Associate Prof. Thomas Wiben Jensen, SDU (app. € 800.000)
2012 The Elite Research Scholarship of DKK 300,000 (app. € 40.000) granted by The Danish Ministry of Research, Innovation and Higher Education. https://ufm.dk/forskning-og-innovation/forskningsformidling/eliteforsk/prismodtagere/tidligere-prismodtagere/prismodtagere-2012/sarah-bro-pedersen
Appointments
Positions held
Current and Previous Positions - including my key tasks/focus points
01.02.2022 Independent researcher, LCE, Oslo University
04.04.18 - Associate Professor DLC, University of Southern Denmark (SDU): building a strong, sustainable network around communication research (in multiple domains such as healthcare and education) with researchers and organisations
01.04.16 - Assistant Professor, DLC, SDU: focus on finishing my book on errors and interaction
01.11.15 - 30.03.16: Postdoc, DLC, SDU: Communicating research results in media & international journals
2011 - 2015 PhD Scholar DLC, SDU. 1 year of maternity leave inclusive: 19.09.13 – 29.08.14
2008 - 2011 Research Assistant, DLC, SDU: teaching, supervision and requiring basic research habits
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